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i think he wants a big deal. i think he will take cuts that contracts won't want and take taxes. because his presidency and the future of the country -- he believes -- [everyone talking at once] >> socialistic. that what you're saying. >> vaguely socialistic, yes. >> when they came out with the report he said -- >> what is that report? >> that's a report that deals with the long-term deficit problems of this country. >> they recommend taxation, do they not. >> they had a whole series of recommendations, and the president said i will stand by what they did, except they're still waiting for him to stand by them. >> he's never taken it seriously, in not in his budget, not in his budget state, know when bowl simpson came city. not when they wanted a clean debt limit increase. so that he is winning a debate over the fiscal future of the country is astonishing! and. >> but he's keeping something else off page one! what is it? >> this is a genuine. >> the unemployment problem? it doesn't even figure in this. >> could not keep unemployment off the front page. it doesn't have to be on the
i think he wants a big deal. i think he will take cuts that contracts won't want and take taxes. because his presidency and the future of the country -- he believes -- [everyone talking at once] >> socialistic. that what you're saying. >> vaguely socialistic, yes. >> when they came out with the report he said -- >> what is that report? >> that's a report that deals with the long-term deficit problems of this country. >> they recommend taxation, do they not....
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>> that is the big, big question. because you really have to go back to the-- agreement for the last time when you had a world that was so rueterless. >> rose: in terms of leadership and arrangement. >> yeah, one thing that is clear is that the pressures that are mounting could potentiallprotect quite fast. but unfortunately, at the moment, we don't yet have the clear direction of where it is going. >> rose: the place has been shifting for 40 years. the u.s. versus china, developed versus developing. creditor versus debtor and despite all of the shocks it is only in 2008 which is when suddenly the global architecture came crumbling down. this is not a matter that will be resolved in a few months or years. the evolution-- . >> rose: what will be determinive. >> the relationship of the u.s. and china t will be terly critical because the two most important economies in the world. they are massively interdependent yet they have economic systems and political values that are at odds with each other. >> rose: thank you. >>
>> that is the big, big question. because you really have to go back to the-- agreement for the last time when you had a world that was so rueterless. >> rose: in terms of leadership and arrangement. >> yeah, one thing that is clear is that the pressures that are mounting could potentiallprotect quite fast. but unfortunately, at the moment, we don't yet have the clear direction of where it is going. >> rose: the place has been shifting for 40 years. the u.s. versus...
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and that's the big problem. >> rose: it's almost dead, isn't it? >> no. no, no, no. it's not almost dead, it's just not as healthy as it was. >> rose: people are still buying a lot of d.v.d.s? >> they are. >> rose: i thought there was a dramatic decline in the market. >> the industry is down probably about 15% year to year. but people are buying as many of them and the primary reason for that is they have other things to do. >> rose: it's not because they can go to their television and watch the movies by any number of... whether it's a cable company or whether it's a... >> well digital... >> rose: apple t.v. >> digital movie distribution... >> rose: apple t.v. >> there are all kinds of forms of payer view and video on demand and electronic sell-through where you're selling someone the movie to own on a hard drive in perpetuity. that's all growing nicely. and while it's grown fast it hasn't gotten large enough to make up for the loss of the sale of physical goods. whether the whole will ultimately get larger han what it was before when we were just selling d.v.d.s, i
and that's the big problem. >> rose: it's almost dead, isn't it? >> no. no, no, no. it's not almost dead, it's just not as healthy as it was. >> rose: people are still buying a lot of d.v.d.s? >> they are. >> rose: i thought there was a dramatic decline in the market. >> the industry is down probably about 15% year to year. but people are buying as many of them and the primary reason for that is they have other things to do. >> rose: it's not because...
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and that has to be a big, big part of your factor when you are thinking about government. >> lehrer: let's go to the big story of the day, mark, is of course the job figures today. we heard what was just explained, it depends how you look at it, it may be good but it may still be bad no matter what. how do you see. >> david understands this a lot better. he studied it a lot longerment i just simply say this, 36,000 jobs is less than unacceptable. i mean statistics, i don't care you talk about 9, 4, 89-- stock market hitting 12,000 and confidence being up. statistics don't bleed. percentages don't have children and get discouraged. and that is what, i mean, when you have a economy right now that is to the producing jobs, the people who have worked with a long work record, we're not talking about people who have been out of the workforce forever, who haven't worked, who want to work, and it is really a serious and grievous national problem. and it just comes back that you and i have talked about it in the past. do any of these people on capitol hill know anybody who is serving in iraq
and that has to be a big, big part of your factor when you are thinking about government. >> lehrer: let's go to the big story of the day, mark, is of course the job figures today. we heard what was just explained, it depends how you look at it, it may be good but it may still be bad no matter what. how do you see. >> david understands this a lot better. he studied it a lot longerment i just simply say this, 36,000 jobs is less than unacceptable. i mean statistics, i don't care you...
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. >> i think they can get past -- the larger question is are they going to take on the big issues -- >> i would like to be optimistic, but i see the gang of six, the once you add in fact broken the orthodoxy -- tom coburn, a republican, and dick durbin, democrat -- and they have been dropped like that had it. the white house pays no attention to them, and they won biden -- instead -- they want the biden commission. >> they are not doing it. they have not announced what they are going to -- >> family emergency -- kent conrad said he would go ahead with something and that the deal is not of t -- off yet. >> my point is that neither the republican or democratic leadership in the congress or white house is paying heed to them that they deserve, in my judgment. >> this week over the financial reform that passed last year, overwhelmingly, republicans said that if you don't change this law, to obama, we will not appoint people to run the consumer agency. what have we come to when a law that passed by significant margins suddenly gets undermined by that kind of threat? >> this week i was rea
. >> i think they can get past -- the larger question is are they going to take on the big issues -- >> i would like to be optimistic, but i see the gang of six, the once you add in fact broken the orthodoxy -- tom coburn, a republican, and dick durbin, democrat -- and they have been dropped like that had it. the white house pays no attention to them, and they won biden -- instead -- they want the biden commission. >> they are not doing it. they have not announced what they...
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a lot of those big states were controlled by mayors and political operatives who have no love lost for opportunity. >> charlie: this took place after the california primary. >> the night of the california primary. >> charlie: what was his famous last words. >> on to chicago. >> charlie: you're suggesting that if he won and he did win in california and had not been assassinated that night, that mayor daly who was close to the kennedy family, would have endorissed him perhaps. >> again, i think if you're going to do what i did, you got to do some research. thurston clerk wrote a wonderful book called the last campaign, and throughout the book he has one of kennedy's closest aides. in the last meeting he says if he wins california he will be all right. that's where again you can make stuff up out of whole cloth and it's fine if you're a novelist. but if you're trying to say to people this history is as plausible as i can make it, you need to find out what really happened so you can play with it. when i describe in this book how lyndon johnson tries to get the nomination after all, that re
a lot of those big states were controlled by mayors and political operatives who have no love lost for opportunity. >> charlie: this took place after the california primary. >> the night of the california primary. >> charlie: what was his famous last words. >> on to chicago. >> charlie: you're suggesting that if he won and he did win in california and had not been assassinated that night, that mayor daly who was close to the kennedy family, would have endorissed...
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gates hada big role in yes, did. >> gohead. >>ea i think they'll center to try to cut the @@defense buet by, i don't know,@0 -- 50, 100 billion, dollars00 billion is the numbe" i've seen over 10 years. >> okay with reducing the budget? >> yes. >>worry you? >> china -- >> if we don't maintain a@ position of worl military superiority we won't be the number one in the@wod, check? >> if we let our economy down the toilet, we won't be number one...
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that's hard to get on a big scale. and it can usually be found out. >> i would agree. but there's still -- >> dangerous. that's timothy mcveigh and that can be very dangerous, john. >> not if you're on the alert for it. the way we have a condition of ongoing alerts. should be -- should we be on a status now at and period of wartime alerts? >> look at major hassan, the single terrorist at fort hood, 13 dead soldiers, 29 wounded. >> on a different scale with al- qaeda, obviously. >> president obama just on friday afternoon renewed some proclamation that the u.s. is on emergency alert because of terrorism, and i guess -- >> who? >> the president, our president. so -- i think -- >> intelligence of a threat. that's why new york is going through what it's going through now. >> a lone wolf threat? >> we don't know what kind of threat. we just don't know how big it is. all i can tell is that -- >> not like the al-qaeda role? >> for the first time in the last decade, going on both the west and east >>> issue two, ponzi and perry. >> it is a ponzi scheme to tell our kids that ar
that's hard to get on a big scale. and it can usually be found out. >> i would agree. but there's still -- >> dangerous. that's timothy mcveigh and that can be very dangerous, john. >> not if you're on the alert for it. the way we have a condition of ongoing alerts. should be -- should we be on a status now at and period of wartime alerts? >> look at major hassan, the single terrorist at fort hood, 13 dead soldiers, 29 wounded. >> on a different scale with al-...
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there will be -- education will take big hits with the pell grants. to achieve the so-called cuts they are talking about would mean that a lot of people could be severely hurt. >> but we cannot sustain this level of debt forever. >> we cannot, but here is what is wrong -- we have to get control of the deficit, but we do not want to do anything on the revenue side. all of the pain is coming from the cuts. you are still leaving those tax cuts to the wealthy untouched, still living subsidies in for the oil companies untouched. everything to the poor folks and middle-class folks, they bear the brunt of it. >> met monday this week -- "my view is we should have a president who agrees to cut, cap, and balance the budget" -- mitt romney. >> he does not want to get too far out on a limb in the spirit in the grand bargain, there were revenue increases, closing loopholes that nobody wants to defend, except for grover norquist, who is having an incredible amount of power in this debate. there's a counter intuitive thing here. you have to spend some to get out of
there will be -- education will take big hits with the pell grants. to achieve the so-called cuts they are talking about would mean that a lot of people could be severely hurt. >> but we cannot sustain this level of debt forever. >> we cannot, but here is what is wrong -- we have to get control of the deficit, but we do not want to do anything on the revenue side. all of the pain is coming from the cuts. you are still leaving those tax cuts to the wealthy untouched, still living...
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this is a big thing. and it's going to take a lo time. >> the people without guided the civil rights movement in the '60s both the political figures in the government and those who were leading the public movement, they believed and i've heard many people say t i heard at least three presidents say it, if we can just guarantee political rights to the black community, the right to vote, the right to hold public office o if we guarantee that, then everything else will follow because there will be citizens who can vote and they will take care o it for themselve. i don't think, i don't think anything could have been more wrong as we look back on it. because in america political power flows from economic power, and not the other way around. and we did not or those who were leading the movement in the 1960s did not really attack the question of economic power. they attacked the question of political power, wrong end o. and i think until the black community has a greater degree of economic power, it's not going
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they just did a big deal with b.p. the concern right now is the political unrest in egypt, about 27% of their ref news, a big deal for them. right now it's a long-term play because we're talking about the long-term value of the reserves. so short-term political risk needs to be a factor but it's probably not the one you want to value the stock on. >> tom: fair enough. you also like comcast in the news as it closes at midnight tonight as it closes on nbc universal. you're still looking to put money to work here, huh? >> yeah. i think if you look at comcast, i mean, obviously, it looks like-- in retrospect that they bought nbc potentially at a very good time. you're seeing recovery as their g.e. subsidiary in the fourth quarter, and a combination of owning the pipe, the distribution pipe, and the content in an era where the consumer may be wounded but they're not dead. rumors of consumer death have been greatly exaggerated. they're still there. they're still spending. i think you're going to see strong demand. >> tom: se
they just did a big deal with b.p. the concern right now is the political unrest in egypt, about 27% of their ref news, a big deal for them. right now it's a long-term play because we're talking about the long-term value of the reserves. so short-term political risk needs to be a factor but it's probably not the one you want to value the stock on. >> tom: fair enough. you also like comcast in the news as it closes at midnight tonight as it closes on nbc universal. you're still looking to...
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government, big spending. he announced $20 billion in new spending which he ufemistically called investments. the next morning, they came out and said that fiscal year 2011 is going to be a $1.5 trillion deficit. >> polling after the state of the union shows that government expenditures put forward by president was rejected by the consensus of the public, with the exception of one, education. >> if we want to win the future, if we want to have innovation, we also have to win the race to win our kids. >> education was a key theme of the president state of the union address. the president wants to overhaul the nation's education system. he highlighted five points in his plan. item, race to the top. teachers compete for almost $5 billion in funds to improve student test scores and teacher performance. item, recruit 1,000 new teachers to replace retiring baby boomers. allocate more money for federal loans. make term nent the -- permanent the tuition tax credit. item, new skill to retraining old workers. e want to
government, big spending. he announced $20 billion in new spending which he ufemistically called investments. the next morning, they came out and said that fiscal year 2011 is going to be a $1.5 trillion deficit. >> polling after the state of the union shows that government expenditures put forward by president was rejected by the consensus of the public, with the exception of one, education. >> if we want to win the future, if we want to have innovation, we also have to win the...
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hit, he'll take a big hit next year? >> i believe he will, without question. >> i disagree. >> not on the business of stalling it -- >> no, no, no, they are. >> by their own what? >> they -- [ all talking at once ] >> the country came out very unhappy about the health care bill. the republicans said we're gonna repeal it. as far as they're concerned, we're living up to our promise. >> the country -- >> just a minute. it doesn't mean they think it's gonna get passed. it's not gonna get passed. >> the country is divided on. if you look at the people who think >>> issue three, sargent shriver. >> we only have one war. we have a war for the freedom of people and for opportunity for all people regardless of race, color or creed. >> ambassador sargent shriver died on tuesday at the age of 95. this ended a long life of public service. sargent shriver was married to eunice shriver, the sister of jfk, john f. kennedy, the 35th president of the united states from 1961 until 1963, when he was assassinated by lee harvey oswald. this
hit, he'll take a big hit next year? >> i believe he will, without question. >> i disagree. >> not on the business of stalling it -- >> no, no, no, they are. >> by their own what? >> they -- [ all talking at once ] >> the country came out very unhappy about the health care bill. the republicans said we're gonna repeal it. as far as they're concerned, we're living up to our promise. >> the country -- >> just a minute. it doesn't mean they...
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but now these guys are come both room to do the big stuff, to talk about big changes over the next 10 years, to actually bring down borrowing, and certainly you hear a very different tone, people talking about finding common ground, leaving the big issues for later. >> brown: as we said, there is no deal here right? they're laying down markers and positions and there's anything to be a lot of to and fro, but the tone, you're saying, was different. >> very different. and the house majority leader who represents speaker boehner in these talks, reiterated today the starting point for these negotiations is to find areas of overlap in the two budgets that we just saw described. >> brown: now does that-- what do you make of the paul ryan statement today? that's got to be related here. are they-- republicans are not conceding at this point, are they, that there won't be big changes to medicare or medicaid? >> i don't think they are. i think what they're saying is we recognize that democrats have pledged to protect these programs. we believe that these are the largest drivers of future defici
but now these guys are come both room to do the big stuff, to talk about big changes over the next 10 years, to actually bring down borrowing, and certainly you hear a very different tone, people talking about finding common ground, leaving the big issues for later. >> brown: as we said, there is no deal here right? they're laying down markers and positions and there's anything to be a lot of to and fro, but the tone, you're saying, was different. >> very different. and the house...
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. >> investor sentiment is still a big wild card for next year, trade volume in the last few months has been very low suggesting a serious lack of conviction. and that is unlikely to change until there's better clarity on europe. suzanne pratt, nightly business report, new york. >> tom: all that uncertainty has lead for one of the best place force investors this year, the bond market. most bond mutual funds did better than stock mutual fund mutual funds in 2011. mutual fund focused on u.s. government bonds gained 9% on the year while the average large-cap core stock fund lost 3 slosh 10 of 1%. what to do after those gains? well, bond expert larry swedroe of buckingham asset magazine shares a portfolio suggestion for the new year. >> i think you should have a well thought out plan, an asset allocation, maybe 60% stock, 40% bonds or if you are older maybe it is 40% bonds and 60% stocks. and then you want to have the discipline to stay the course. and that means after a bond run, are you going to be selling bonds at high prices, meaning you are going to have a nice profit, you get to sell
. >> investor sentiment is still a big wild card for next year, trade volume in the last few months has been very low suggesting a serious lack of conviction. and that is unlikely to change until there's better clarity on europe. suzanne pratt, nightly business report, new york. >> tom: all that uncertainty has lead for one of the best place force investors this year, the bond market. most bond mutual funds did better than stock mutual fund mutual funds in 2011. mutual fund focused...
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>>t's a very big issue. i don't think we have an answer for that yet but i think this is something we need to i think about a lot. and how can they contribute paying back to society. what's the new value system we need to develop and educate the young. >> charlie: should we assume based on your experience that china as we referred to in this series of conversation, china would be a freer place in ter of the relationship between people and the state. freer place in terms of transparency. a freer place in terms of respect for individuals? [laughter] >> china's 30 years, i mean economic reform. has created a lot of wealth and brought about a market oriented economy. and so then people ask the question, what holds for the future. >> charlie: exactly. >> what's there. what's there to do tt. so next 30 years, i don't think that the form has to be carried out in the economic. the market is there, there are a lot of improvements that have to be done, but it's a very critical job down to carry it out is to do the soc
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has a big stake in that. adam brooks is in washington for us now. the u.s. secretary of state has been speaking. we saw hillary clinton. the president also. behind the scenes, the phones must be red hot. >> i think we can say that some sort of robust dialogue will be taking place between washington and cairo. it will be interesting to see at what point a telephone call will take place between president obama and america's ally, president mubarak. they are rather circumspect as are all american leaders. not wanting to be seen throwing their weight behind the protesters, not wanting to be seen throwing their weight behind president barak either. -- mubarak either. >> egypt has been an ally of ours on critical issues. the president has been helpful in arranging tough issues in the middle east. i have always said to him, making sure they're moving forward on reform, political reform and economic reform is critical to the long-term wellbeing of egypt. you can see these pent-up frustrations that are being displayed on the streets. my hope is that violence is not t
has a big stake in that. adam brooks is in washington for us now. the u.s. secretary of state has been speaking. we saw hillary clinton. the president also. behind the scenes, the phones must be red hot. >> i think we can say that some sort of robust dialogue will be taking place between washington and cairo. it will be interesting to see at what point a telephone call will take place between president obama and america's ally, president mubarak. they are rather circumspect as are all...
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directors and actors said is a big music with perfect for the big screen. >> i absolutely agree. you only have to hear -- and you think of the story in the film. >> and his talents were recognized by no fewer than five oscars and a bafta fellowship for his work. >> and the savage there on john barry. -- danny savage. much of the focus has been on the protesters and in the square, but how has life been in the rest of egypt? we have more on how people are getting on with the rest of their lives. >> daily life continues, as much as it can with the turmoil. here people stop up on supplies. there have been shortages he reread with banks closed, finances have become a worry for many. cash machines have run out of cash. >> in growth. in a civil servant. i want to buy food for my family. i cannot because i have the cash. >> egyptians are counting the cost of the last few days of chaos. >> everything is broken inside the police station, no? everything, everything. >> many egyptians blame the man they want to see overthrown, hosni mubarak. >> he is behind the of course. he and his men. he
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bill daley is the big part of that. a second thing is they reflected on the notion that they had become too reactive and two tactical in the first two years. they were dealing with so many big things coming at them with you partly part of the style, a by-product of rahm emanuel's style. he was very driven by winning the day, the week. that caused them to lose the long-term strategic focus that they feel like they need in order to be successful over the long-term. i think the the president is thinking along those lines going forward. the third thing is something we talked about tonight which is they felt like their message operation. that sounds too trivializing, but the president failed to communicate effectively with the country about some of the big things he had done and in the process last the country on stimulus, on health care. he had accomplished those things on a legislative level but not brought most of country along with him and he needed to not be out in front of cameras as much as he had been and needed to b
bill daley is the big part of that. a second thing is they reflected on the notion that they had become too reactive and two tactical in the first two years. they were dealing with so many big things coming at them with you partly part of the style, a by-product of rahm emanuel's style. he was very driven by winning the day, the week. that caused them to lose the long-term strategic focus that they feel like they need in order to be successful over the long-term. i think the the president is...
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the big problem is the rubble. so much of it is still lying in exactly the place it fell 12 months ago today. we felt it piled across this city, on land that could otherwise be used for rebuilding. many are simply left to move it one bucket loader at a time. that is not good enough. >> rubble is still a major constraint to helping people get back. they are still stuck in the camps. land availability, there is land, it need the legislation, it need government to make that available. >> the land issue has been holding back projects like this one. it took the red cross months to get the right to build some temporary homes here. families have been moving in nevertheless today's. -- over the last few days. life here is functioning. there is food in the markets. women are scraping by as best they can. making ornaments. she sells 64 $6. >> i cannot be mad because there is somebody in control. it could be that they have not reached our camp. i am just waiting. >> even before the earthquake, haiti was already barely functio
the big problem is the rubble. so much of it is still lying in exactly the place it fell 12 months ago today. we felt it piled across this city, on land that could otherwise be used for rebuilding. many are simply left to move it one bucket loader at a time. that is not good enough. >> rubble is still a major constraint to helping people get back. they are still stuck in the camps. land availability, there is land, it need the legislation, it need government to make that available....
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i saw these big shoes wac walk up on me. i looked up and i saw this big belly and when i looked, it was rosey grier dressed up as santa claus going to give the kids some good cheer for christmas. rosy was amazed. what are you doing there? i said i have to do what i have to do to take care of my family. he said you don't have to do that. i said i'm not too proud to do any job to support my family. he said take this number and give a call to mr. tom bradley monday, which i did. rosey grier was a springboard to the return of my life. tavis: you mentioned your family. you got married really young and one of the tragedies is that your wife, you were separated at the time, your wife from all the stress and strain that your family had to endure took her own life at some point down the road. how do you prostezz pain this brought on your family? >> this is a pain that i live with every day of my life. i think about how beautiful my wife was as a person and such a caring person and had a lot of concern about what we had to face as a f
i saw these big shoes wac walk up on me. i looked up and i saw this big belly and when i looked, it was rosey grier dressed up as santa claus going to give the kids some good cheer for christmas. rosy was amazed. what are you doing there? i said i have to do what i have to do to take care of my family. he said you don't have to do that. i said i'm not too proud to do any job to support my family. he said take this number and give a call to mr. tom bradley monday, which i did. rosey grier was a...
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it is a move away from the bush administration where you saw large combat farces -- forces, big, messy battles. i think the obama administration has tried to bile -- dial it back and to see what can be done, you know, nor the shadows. gwen: and as we saw in syria today, more diplomatic prer be. thank you, mark. gwen: as the u.s. role in the world shifts from overt militarily to discreet diplomatically to covert, relying more and more on intelligence, one has only to look to the detention center at guantanamo to gauge the fallout. new documents released this week to npr and other news organizations showed how complicated it has become to take, hold, and classify detainees, or as they used to be called, prisoners of war. there is no longer anything conventional about any of this, is there, tom? >> that's right, gwen. these guantanamo detainees are prisoners of the war on terror, which is a very unconventional war, you're absolutely right. these guys constitute to the extent there is an enemy in this war, these guys constitute the enemy and what we got here were documents, detainee assess
it is a move away from the bush administration where you saw large combat farces -- forces, big, messy battles. i think the obama administration has tried to bile -- dial it back and to see what can be done, you know, nor the shadows. gwen: and as we saw in syria today, more diplomatic prer be. thank you, mark. gwen: as the u.s. role in the world shifts from overt militarily to discreet diplomatically to covert, relying more and more on intelligence, one has only to look to the detention center...
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>> literally. >> so what was the big idea you had? >> well, the thing that -- the thing that struck me about the play, it's really sort of a horror film. it's people wake up one day and this thing they can't see is all of a sudden killing their friends. and it's getting closer and closer and closer, and the only weapon they have is their language and their heart and their passion, so that, therefore, all of the langue that the characters are hurling at each other and at the audience is in defiance of the loss that they are experiencing and the horror that they are inside of. that's what it felt like. i was in new york in 79 and it was party, party, party, and then one day "gay plague" is everywhere. and what is it? why is it? and the one thing interesting about the play, the word aids is never us. it was before it was even called aids. so it's an -- all of the other characters are on the bottom level, just fighting for their life and fighting to love and fighting to be human, in a hostile land escape. >> so the big idea is this notion
>> literally. >> so what was the big idea you had? >> well, the thing that -- the thing that struck me about the play, it's really sort of a horror film. it's people wake up one day and this thing they can't see is all of a sudden killing their friends. and it's getting closer and closer and closer, and the only weapon they have is their language and their heart and their passion, so that, therefore, all of the langue that the characters are hurling at each other and at the...
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so it became a little person looking at big things. little things like that. there was an idea in something like that. >> charlie: do you remember these conversations? what did you come out of that. >> well david kept on saying -- i kept on asking him questions and he kept on saying i don't know. i don't know. i'll have to think about that. which i really respected because i knew he was really talented, and i think any time you ask a director something and they don't know the answer, wn they say i don't know i'm impressed because -- and he says that's going to be what we have to figure out. i remember when we sat that theatre one day and we were talking about it because i was trying to figure out how i connected with it. and only once we got into rehearsal process i connected personally and started to get into reading the play over and over again and see the connection i had. for me i already connected with ronnie. the son. and his, and that's what it is when you do a play. it's a journey to say it's a journey sounds a little bit cheated but it is from the fir
so it became a little person looking at big things. little things like that. there was an idea in something like that. >> charlie: do you remember these conversations? what did you come out of that. >> well david kept on saying -- i kept on asking him questions and he kept on saying i don't know. i don't know. i'll have to think about that. which i really respected because i knew he was really talented, and i think any time you ask a director something and they don't know the...
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althgh conservatives worry about big government, they don't worry enough about big law. because the costs on new business in this country don't just come in the form of taxes and regulation, they come in the form of lawyers bills. you know, what is the compliance department saying? youetter ask the lawyers. this conversation about coliance with complex regulations think of the 2,000 page dodd-frank bill. >> rose: and before that there was the other. >> right. it's getting more and more difficult to be an entrepreneur in this country. that's the harsh truth. the smal businesses and t startups that generally speaking generate jobs are way down with some very, very complex regulation and i would call these the hidden costs of a dysfunctional rule of law. it's worth in other countries. italy, for example, is far worse. >> rose: but at the same time we also need to be conscious of the fact that we do want and need important regulation. we want to know that the food we eat is healthy. we want to know the plane wes get on will be safe. we want to know a lot of things that only
althgh conservatives worry about big government, they don't worry enough about big law. because the costs on new business in this country don't just come in the form of taxes and regulation, they come in the form of lawyers bills. you know, what is the compliance department saying? youetter ask the lawyers. this conversation about coliance with complex regulations think of the 2,000 page dodd-frank bill. >> rose: and before that there was the other. >> right. it's getting more and...
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and now we live an era the candidates all disclose their finances just now where it's a big story but back in those days it was a part of washington happening beheine a ctain. >> rose: look at tax legislation and the supercommittee, what kind of influence is taking place there? or in fashioning the regulations that are coming out of dodd-frank. >> oh, gosh. >> rose: there's a story. >> right. everything is and since you mentioned the tax committees, one of the stories i remember that was on my list long ago for al involved a story about senator russell long who had become a lobbyist and was one of the masters of the tax code. >> rose: because lobbyists help write the tax code and if you ask them what theyo they say they improve the process by making it better. >> right. it's a permanent other government. >> rose: where are you in terms of how you taken a online culture and a mainstream culture and find a new place for both of them? >> the new place is the old place in many ways which is what distinguishes the the "times" as quality journalism. and we do that in print in the print news
and now we live an era the candidates all disclose their finances just now where it's a big story but back in those days it was a part of washington happening beheine a ctain. >> rose: look at tax legislation and the supercommittee, what kind of influence is taking place there? or in fashioning the regulations that are coming out of dodd-frank. >> oh, gosh. >> rose: there's a story. >> right. everything is and since you mentioned the tax committees, one of the stories i...
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she's never really run a company this big. your thoughts on that. >> no, a $6 billion business she ran is say pretty large business but it's barely 10% of some of the respective units that she would be overseeing. so it is a huge jump in scale, admittedly. something which is impressive, though, she has as a chairman-- apparently once-- as news of the late afternoon-- once her executive chairman, ray lane, for a fantastic partnership, could be the strongest team in technology today, he was the president of oracle, and has a great relationship with her from before when she was trying to save and build e-bay, he was, as president of oracle, a vital ally to her back then. and this is quite encouraging because they'll complement each other in critical ways. >> susie: there's a lot of stuff that she needs to do to fix hewlett packard. what do you think is most important thing she needs to do first? >> well, they have to shrug off this legacy of being bludgeoned by board prat falls in the past. this is a new board. there are only a d
she's never really run a company this big. your thoughts on that. >> no, a $6 billion business she ran is say pretty large business but it's barely 10% of some of the respective units that she would be overseeing. so it is a huge jump in scale, admittedly. something which is impressive, though, she has as a chairman-- apparently once-- as news of the late afternoon-- once her executive chairman, ray lane, for a fantastic partnership, could be the strongest team in technology today, he was...
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>> how big an economy is columbia? probably what, two or 3% of the united states. >> how big is china in latin america. >> enormously big but try to get into china's market with your goods! >> that's beside the point because they need goods. china -- columbia right now connects export duty free to the united states, but we cannot export duty free to columbia so this helps the united states more than it helps columbia. we're punishing ourselves by not having a free trade agreement. >> we're getting access to these tiny markets and markets are getting access to the largest market -- >> columbia is not a tiny market. >> and the new america that we talked about it the earlier segment, latin america will have much more profound impact on this country culturally had economically in the same way europe designed us and the way or politics define us with israel. latin america will have a greater voice in our politics because they'll be a bigger part of our economics is as well. >> yes, absolutely right. the columbia free trade
>> how big an economy is columbia? probably what, two or 3% of the united states. >> how big is china in latin america. >> enormously big but try to get into china's market with your goods! >> that's beside the point because they need goods. china -- columbia right now connects export duty free to the united states, but we cannot export duty free to columbia so this helps the united states more than it helps columbia. we're punishing ourselves by not having a free trade...
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there will be big cuts between the nuclear arsenals and reestablish as a monetary system. it will come into force when the u.s. and russia exchange be signed papers. russia is increasing the offices are in their military by 7000. the extra officers are needed for a new aerospace defense branch of the military. it has been cut heavily in recent years. at least 2000 police officers in berlin have that cleared a building occupied by squatters for two decades. police moved in including militants in their 50's. it had become a symbol of the battle against gentrification. google has accused microsoft of plagiarizing their search results. the claims that microsoft is cheating by using google search data on its own. microsoft denies the charge. it says it is just using information that customers are willing to share with them. another massive story around one of the biggest storms ever to hit australia has hit the coast of queensland. it has already suffered months of flooding. the cyclone roars across the east coast of australia. they tell you to prepare to be ready for the cyclo
there will be big cuts between the nuclear arsenals and reestablish as a monetary system. it will come into force when the u.s. and russia exchange be signed papers. russia is increasing the offices are in their military by 7000. the extra officers are needed for a new aerospace defense branch of the military. it has been cut heavily in recent years. at least 2000 police officers in berlin have that cleared a building occupied by squatters for two decades. police moved in including militants in...
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there is also still a big problem with rubble. an awful lot of it. the large majority is still lying in the areas where it fell, where the buildings collapsed. it has not been cleared away. you might ask why after so much time with some international bond government organizations and haitian organizations coming to help, so much money spent here try to help, why these problems still exist. people are wondering if it is a lack in this country of political leadership and that is a point. -- that is the point i put to nigel fisher. >> the government was extremely weak before the earthquake. many donors bypass the government and provided resources to a large ngo community. there was not much investment in government capacity. the earthquake destroyed much of the infrastructure of the government. it killed 30% of government staff. a weaker government became even weaker. there was a result after not to make the same mistake and the commission is part of that response. it has been difficult. i have seen changes in some of the department's we're dealing with
there is also still a big problem with rubble. an awful lot of it. the large majority is still lying in the areas where it fell, where the buildings collapsed. it has not been cleared away. you might ask why after so much time with some international bond government organizations and haitian organizations coming to help, so much money spent here try to help, why these problems still exist. people are wondering if it is a lack in this country of political leadership and that is a point. -- that...
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we have had a big mistrusted him for 30 years. -- mistrust of him for 30 years. again coat he was trying to accuse others -- again, he was trying to accuse others. it is the same. if he was a man who could hear his people, we might think about it again, but now, there is no way. mubarak should go. we will not accept this. >> but what will you do now? >> simply, we will do nothing, and the people are in the streets. their families and their sons have been killed. they will stay in the street. they are more than ready to die to see that mubarak steps down. mubarak can go from egypt, but nobody can trust him. we totally believe that he will arrest people and that he will play his games again and again. we cannot trust him. >> he has said that he is committed to carrying out political, economic, and social reform. you heard from the army that it is backing the legitimate grievances of the egyptian people. that is not enough of a commitment? >> mubarak said the same thing. the democratic reform five years ago and 10 years ago. the last time, when he was running, he sa
we have had a big mistrusted him for 30 years. -- mistrust of him for 30 years. again coat he was trying to accuse others -- again, he was trying to accuse others. it is the same. if he was a man who could hear his people, we might think about it again, but now, there is no way. mubarak should go. we will not accept this. >> but what will you do now? >> simply, we will do nothing, and the people are in the streets. their families and their sons have been killed. they will stay in...